Arrrgg bloody itv producers gone to adverts just as leaders reach the climb!
ITV hates sport. It's the only explanation, as football coverage is the same.
*switches over to Eurosport*
Big Jens sur le plaque!! Man is an animal.
Shut up t'legs!
The Yorkshire tourist board must have very sore hands, what with all the Hi-5s they must be giving each other, every time there is an aerial shot of the countryside in the sunshine.
5 mins is a good effort
and as an idea for later on in the month for those that are inspired
http://www.strava.com/challenges/rapha-rising-three-ranges 8.8km of ascent in 9 days
ITV is now regaling cheese facts.
Going to be a long Tour.
Cheese facts covered.
I thought it was going to be David Millar commentating. As soon as Liggett came on it was straight to Eurosport.
Fantastic crowds (despite the gloom forecast by the Wiggins Whingers).
**** me those crowds are mental!
Lolz at the guys in the yellow body suits.
Y fronts and arm warmers - which STWer was that then?
Arm warmers may not be worn with pants alone. Has he not read the roolz?
In Canada. As soon as I realized who was rambling the mute button was pressed... where can I find a knowledgeable text feed on the web to back up the pictures?
Sweaman, try here:
In Hong Kong, we have Sean Kelly. He was undoubtedly a fantastic bike rider, and he is now just as undoubtedly a bleedin' awful commentator!
This is brilliant !
ALl I'd have asked for is dry weather, a barking mad longshot from Jens (and a sprint win for Cav - though a lone win by Jens would be even better IMO now even if there's no chance)
Fingers crossed for either
One thing I just cant get my head round is this obsession with filming on a mobile phone?
Wait hours for the riders to come past and then not actually see it because you are peering through a phone screen ??!
Mobile is just about OK but put the f'in Ipads away! Holding up an A4 bit of paper for the memories..
It's for the 'I was there' bragging rights.
This is brilliant !
Surely there is nothing more to add?
World's best riders.
Amazing roads.
Great crowds.
Great weather.
Jens off the front.
Does it get any better than this? Oh yes, Cav for yellow in Harrogate. Think that's a tall order unfortunately but it would be nice.
Great turn out.
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That annoying moment when itv and eurosport's ad breaks sync, so you can't just flick between the two for unbroken coverage.
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So lasted until midnight do I stay or go?
Stay for Cav!
Stay to see how the entire peleton gets through that gate that Jens just passed through! Trouble ahoy!
(lovely British Blue BTW!)
Looking forward to the first spectator getting punched 🙂
See, told you so!
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Do they have a who can quote the dullest fact competition. 1868 you say?
Gonna be some big time differences before the race gets to France at this rate. Then they hit the cobbles. Interesting 3 weeks ahead.
We are watching in Asia on Eurosport and have Carlton Kirby and Sean Kelly. Wonder why the different countries that take an English language feed use different commentators?
Carlton and Sean on Eurosport UK and Eurosport round the world I believe
Don't know about most boring fact - most wrong would be a good contest.
Renshaw and prince Harry... will they have a photo together?
Collarbone. Tour over.
MrSmith - Member
Collarbone. Tour over.
Looks like it 🙁
Tragic for Cav. would've been magic if he'd taken yellow
Cav caused the accident leaning on him
Definitely Cav's fault.
Hope not but doesn't look good. Don't think it was really anbody's fault just a racing accident
I don't see the bone sticking out but holding it like it's broken for sure.
Cav has a shoving problem just like Suarez's biting problem!
I know that pose well, hopefully just banged it hard.
It was when he leaned the other way that it went tits. Rubbing's racing
Hes in trouble judging by the way he was holding it. Something's broken.
im afraid he caused it looking at the replays
Cav has a shoving problem just like Suarez's biting problem!
Yep, not his first. Fine or disqualification ahoy regardless of the outcome of the x-ray.
The ITV team reckoned Cav was defending his line like anyone else would.
Never solely Cav's fault.
Hmm.. looking at the super slow mo from above and behind again, the Europcar(?) - green - rider coming up the outside looked like he leant into Gerrans, which then seemed to unsettle Gerrans. Obviously Gerrans and Cav were leaning on each other trying to get Sagan's wheel, but it just looked like the guy on the outside broke their balance.*
I guess it goes with the territory but what an absolute gutter.
*But I'm no expert...
Opqs.... have used their men up to quick in the past... today they didn't use them up quick enough.
Fab is a God but how has he been able to get the jump on them ... they had 5 men still to use with 1k to go??
I definitely wouldn't say it was Cav's fault - it was either do what he did, or brake and lose (and probably take out people behind him). Just a racing incident.
It did look very nasty, not expecting him to ride tomorrow. Terrible.
Great sprint by Sagan though, thought he was going to have it. Also Froome sprinting to get 6th - crazy.
not sure that he caused it. looked to me like he and gerrans were squeezing each other out and they tangled and went down. not exactly unheard of in a finish line sprint. be pleasantly surprised if he takes any further part in the tour though.
From what I saw Cav was boxed in and tried moving Gerrans out of his way. Gerrans stood his ground until the Europacar rider joined the equation. Gerrans goes down and Cav is off balance so down he goes too.
I was hoping to watch him in the Commonwealth Games (if was planning on racing it). Looks like that could be blown
Podium boys 😯
Millar in the tower by nightfall......
Cav was going for sagans wheel , sagan went right to shake cav ,gerrans wanted his wheel and went to close the door on cav to follow sagan because he was ahead of cav, cav held his line and sped up ,they leaned on each other, argy bargy and down . No ones real fault all part of the sprint.
Should really be made finish behind the Safety Car - F1 style 😉
Ouch, not what was hoped for.
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Of course just a still but I don't think the Europacar rider had much to do with it.
From what I saw Cav was boxed in and tried moving Gerrans out of his way
Pretty much sums up what I saw, plus sticking his head in as well. Sometimes you just have to accept that you've followed the wrong wheel.
Brilliant opening stage though, people of Yorkshire (and visitors) did the UK proud.
Agree, brilliant opener, big Jens doing what he does, Canc going for it and bit of ding dong. Yorkshire was looking fantastic and should be right proud.
Oh and Froome finishing 6th!!!
Amazing support, great to see Jens take KOM but gutted it looks like Cav is out.
[i]Brilliant opening stage though, people of Yorkshire (and visitors) did the UK proud.[/i]
Yeap, well done Yorkshire !
🙂
Cav not broken, will decide tomorrow if can ride.
Not sure Yo Kaiser, after that shot the Europcar rider moves across into Gerrans who then bumps into Cav, bringing them both down. Have a look at this still from just before Cav hits the deck:
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Even if he can ride I doubt he could contest a sprint against Kittel on anything other than top form.
Any news on Gerrans, I've got him in my fantasy team!
In a team statement, Cavendish said: "I'm gutted about the crash today. It was my fault. I will personally apologise to Simon Gerrans as soon as I get the chance."In reality, I tried to find a gap that wasn't really there. I wanted to win today, I felt really strong and was in a great position to contest the sprint thanks to the unbelievable efforts of my team. Sorry to all the fans that came out to support. It was truly incredible.”
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step's statement continued: "Mark Cavendish underwent further examination on his right shoulder after today's crash. The imaging underlined ligament ruptures, with an AC-joint dislocation, which causes him a lot of pain. A final decision on his participation in tomorrow's stage will be taken tomorrow morning."
Hopefully see him on the start line tomorrow
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These kinda show Cav initiating the move to clear Sagan's wheel and ultimately causing the crash. Thing is if he'd have tucked in he could have had it, Sagan would have led him to the line.
Any news on Gerrans, I've got him in my fantasy team!
Says he's ok on the OGE twitter feed.
Hopefully see him on the start line tomorrow
With that much damage, I hope he quits and goes and gets properly mended.
Gerrans update:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/07/gerrans-comes-down-in-cavendish-crash-but-still-hopes-to-fight-for-stage-two-win/
I've dislocated my a-c joint. I'd be ****ed if i could ride a bike for 3 weeks after that, that he's even thinking about it shows how hard some of these blokes are.
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If it's a grade 1 I suspect that he'll ride on. There was no obvious step around his shoulder, so it'll hopefully not be too serious.
These kinda show Cav initiating the move to clear Sagan's wheel and ultimately causing the crash. Thing is if he'd have tucked in he could have had it, Sagan would have led him to the line.
Aye, but Cav is still up right and has his balance at that point. You need the next few shots in the sequence I think. He only starts to go down after Coquard moves in and squeezes Gerrans.
Cav and Gerrans were leaning on each other, balancing on each other. Then Coquard comes over and leans on Gerrans causing a clash of wheels and they went down.
I don't think any one should be blamed*, it's just racing.
*but if anyone is guilty it's Coquard.
You only need to look at the rider positions relative to the white lines to see Gerrans is forced over.
I think you'll find that Coquard was defended his line from Gerrans who is being pushed by Cav. Doesn't matter how much we wanted Cav to win it, he started the sequence of events that backfired on him. Even Cav admits it.
Can we agree that Cancellara's move was just not cricket and poor form all round?
I don't think he would have won anyway - which makes the crash, and his probable exit from the Tour worse.
Yeah, Cancellara is getting desparate in his old age.
Yay we were there, been drinking and eating ever since !!
Great to see Cav roll over the line to a Heros welcome.
Bloody brilliant 😀